SEPARATION OF SOLID-LIQUID SUSPENSIONS WITH ULTRASONIC ACOUSTIC ENERGY

Authors
BEKKER MC MEYER JP PRETORIUS L VANDERMERWE DF
Citation
Mc. Bekker et al., SEPARATION OF SOLID-LIQUID SUSPENSIONS WITH ULTRASONIC ACOUSTIC ENERGY, Water research, 31(10), 1997, pp. 2543-2549
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Civil","Environmental Sciences","Water Resources
Journal title
Water research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00431354
Volume
31
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2543 - 2549
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-1354(1997)31:10<2543:SOSSWU>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A theoretical and experimental study was carried out to investigate th e possibility of separating solid-liquid suspensions of water and talc um powder, as well as in a process cooling water system, by means of a standing ultrasonic acoustic wave. Separation was successfully achiev ed with suspensions of water and talcum powder. The separation of susp ended solids from the process cooling water was unsuccessful owing to the extremely small sizes of the suspended solid particles. (C) 1997 E lsevier Science Ltd.